There are many behaviors that I participate in that negatively impact my health. One of the behaviors that I would like to examine is my habit of pressing snooze on my alarm; this behavior impacts me dramatically because almost every day I end up waking five minutes before I have to leave my house. Directly related to this behavior is my abnormal sleeping patterns. One day I will sleep approximately 4 hours and try to make up for the lack of sleep the next day with on average 14 hours of sleep. With this project I am to find strategies that will help me to maintain an ordinary sleep pattern so that I do not feel the need to press snooze repeatedly on my alarm. Last year, I lived on campus and this behavior was not detrimental because I could wake up 5 minutes before class started and easily walk there. Yet, this year I live off campus and have to drive a 10 minutes to school. Continuing to press snooze on my alarm is a pressing issue because as winter approaches, more time will need to be committed before class to cleaning snow off my car, etc. The following graph illustrates my log of behavior: 2 days of my natural inclinations and 4 days after implementing my modification strategy.

It is evident that my baseline “normal” behavior averaged around 38 minutes snoozed. Now, when looking at this information, it is necessary to acknowledge that I do not have class at the same time every morning. Therefore, if a class is more into the afternoon, it may affect the amount of time I press snooze depending on the amount of sleep I average. This also effects my sleeping patterns because if a class is early in the morning, I get less sleep than if it’s later in the day in which I can “makeup” for the lack of sleep from the previous day. Yet, from generalizing about my regular sleeping habits, regardless of the amount of time slept I will...

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